Table 4.
Effects of BiW, EBV for protein deposition, and dietary protein supply on total tract digestibility of dry matter (DM), nitrogen (N), and gross energy (GE) (%) in male growing pigs
| BiW1 | EBV1 | Dietary protein supply1 | P-value | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LBW | HBW | SEM | LBV | HBV | SEM | A | R | SEM | BiW | EBV | Diet | |
| DM | 88.0 | 88.3 | 0.15 | 88.0 | 88.3 | 0.15 | 88.7 | 87.6 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.28 | <0.001 |
| N | 90.8 | 91.5 | 0.29 | 91.0 | 91.3 | 0.29 | 92.7 | 89.5 | 0.22 | 0.12 | 0.43 | <0.001 |
| GE | 88.2 | 88.8 | 0.23 | 88.4 | 88.5 | 0.23 | 89.1 | 87.9 | 0.19 | 0.07 | 0.77 | <0.001 |
1Number of observations: 36 and 37 in LBW and HBW pigs, respectively; 36 and 37 in LBV and HBV pigs, respectively; 36 and 37 on the A and R regime, respectively.